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Narendra Hirwani

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Narendra Deepchand Hirwani

Born: 18 October 1968, Gorakhpur, Madhya Pradesh
Major Teams: Madhya Pradesh, Bengal, India.
Known As: Narendra Hirwani
Batting Style: Right Hand Bat
Bowling Style: Leg Break Googly


Test Debut: India v West Indies at Madras, 4th Test, 1987/88
Latest Test:
India v South Africa at Calcutta, 2nd Test, 1996/97

ODI Debut:
India v West Indies at Gwalior, 6th ODI, 1987/88
Latest ODI:
India v Australia at Melbourne, World Series, 1991/92

Career Statistics:

TESTS
 (including 27/11/1996)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   17   22  12    54   17    5.40   0   0    5   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling             716.2  155  1987   66  30.10  8-61    4   1  65.1  2.77

ONE-DAY INTERNATIONALS
 (including 18/01/1992)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave     SR 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   18    7   3     8    4    2.00  27.58   0   0    2   0

                      O      M     R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling             160      6   719   23  31.26  4-43    3   0  41.7  4.49

FIRST-CLASS
 (1984/85 - 2001/02)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding  140  158  61  1036   59   10.68   0   1   39   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI    5  10    SR  Econ
Bowling            5858   16570  583  28.42  8-52   44   6  60.2  2.82

LIST A LIMITED OVERS
 (1986/87 - 2000/01)
                      M    I  NO  Runs   HS     Ave 100  50   Ct  St
Batting & Fielding   70   33  17   121   25    7.56   0   0   14   0

                      O       R    W    Ave   BBI   4w  5w    SR  Econ
Bowling             593.3  2561   75  34.14  4-42    4   0  47.4  4.31

- Explanations of First-Class and List A status courtesy of the ACS.


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Thirty six wickets in his first four Test matches. Thirty wickets in his next 13 Tests. That just about sums Narendra Hirwani's career. He was thrust into the Indian team as a promising 19-year-old spinner but at the end of his first Test, against West Indies at Madras in January 1988, he had made it to the record books with a bag of 16 wickets for 136 runs - the best figures by a bowler on Test debut. His judicious mixture of leg spinners, googlies and top spinners had the visiting batsmen, Viv Richards included, all at sea. This was followed by 20 wickets in three Tests against New Zealand and he embarked on the tour of West Indies in 1989 with confidence. But the Caribbean cricketers extracted complete revenge on their tormentor of a year before and his six wickets in three Tests cost 57.33 apiece.

From then on his career was downhill. He failed on the tour of New Zealand in 1990, did little of note on the perfect pitches in England later that year and was not exactly a success in Australia in 1991-92 when he played in the one day games. Anil Kumble's success in the early 90s seemed to have spelt finis to his international career but he did have one last fling and did well when he was brought back for one Test against New Zealand in 1995. The following season however he fared badly against the quick footed South African batsmen and that has remained the extent of his international career. With Kumble injured and the rest of the spin bowling probables not exactly inspiring confidence, the selectors brought Hirwani back into the reckoning by naming him among the probables for the Australian series in 2001. The short, compactly built bowler has enjoyed considerable success for Madhya Pradesh and during the 1999-2000 season, he joined the select band of bowlers who had taken over 300 wickets in the Ranji Trophy.(Partab Ramchand)


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